🕳️ Released Phantom Node 68: Tbilisi Free Zone Brokers. Phantom Shield of Re-Export. Brokers of Legal Camouflage
- Foundation date
27 September 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
This creation is protected and cannot be used by third parties for the purpose of supporting, propagating, or legitimizing criminal regimes, terrorist states, and organizations operating in the shadows. The use of data or analysis results from this project, whether in part or in full, is expressly prohibited if the objective is to support or conceal their criminal activity.
The project may be freely used by individuals and organizations that combat evil, corruption, and aggression.
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 68: Tbilisi Free Zone Brokers. Phantom Shield of Re-Export. Brokers of Legal Camouflage
Paper illusion operators masking the true origin of goods.
Who is this?
Tbilisi Free Zone Brokers are paper-only front companies operating under the guise of Free Industrial Zones. They create new legal identities for goods to bypass sanctions and conceal final destinations.
Type of node:
Financial-legal
Status:
Covered by legal institutions
Form of control:
Shell companies, legal camouflage, customs privileges
Phantom image:
A transparent shield stamped with seals and certificates, hiding the real cargo
What remains after the phantom:
Empty offices, document archives, shadow schemes
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
Tax and customs privileges of Free Zones, phantom brokers ready to create and dissolve companies instantly.
How did it become a phantom?
When documents replaced goods and legal shields became the main tool of shadow trade.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because legal institutions can be weaponised against the law itself, and procedural speed creates space for manipulation.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, but invisible in the paper dimension.
After the regime:
– Exposure of shell companies
– Dissolution of fictitious legal entities
– Stronger international oversight of Free Zones
Collective reaction:
We see how institutions meant for development turned into tools of concealment.
This phantom proves: even law can become a weapon of shadow.
Core principle:
When documents replace reality, a phantom is born.
The legal shield becomes a mask for crime.
Alt-text:
Office without people: piles of documents, stamps, computers. Transparent shield marked “Free Zone” hiding a dark shadow of goods behind it.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 27.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 68: Tbilisi Free Zone Brokers. The Phantom Shield of Re-export.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Phantom Shield of Re-export" (or "The Brokers of Legal Camouflage"). The essence of this node lies in legalistic deception. It exploits the status of Free Industrial Zones (FIZs) and their tax exemptions for the rapid registration of shell companies. These phantom brokers exist solely on paper to provide goods heading to sanctioned regimes with a new, legally clean "passport" and conceal their true final destination.
Regimes (which it directly shapes/supports):
📝 Regime of "Legal Camouflage": The creation of companies in FIZs with minimal capital and no real operations, serving only as a financial and logistical link.
🔄 Regime of "Magical Re-export": The practice where goods receive new documents of origin and destination within a minimal stay in the FIZ, often without any actual processing.
💸 Regime of "Zero Taxation": Exploitation of FIZ tax and customs incentives to maximize profits from sanctions-bypassing trade.
🚪 Regime of "The Gateway": The use of FIZs as a legal entry point into the country's logistical chain for goods that will subsequently be illegally rerouted.
Tools (which it actively uses/oversees):
📄 Shell Companies: Rapid registration and liquidation of companies with no assets other than documentation.
📜 False Processing Agreements: Creating fictitious evidence that goods underwent substantial processing within the FIZ to change their customs status.
👤 Nominee Directors: The use of individuals who formally manage the companies but have no access to financial operations, shielding the true beneficial owners.
💻 Electronic Documentation: Leveraging streamlined FIZ customs procedures for lightning-fast changes in paperwork.
Civilizational Influences (which it embodies/exploits):
💔 Undermining International Law: Direct participation in subverting global efforts to enforce the sanctions regime.
⚖️ Mockery of the Law: Demonstrating how legal institutions (FIZs) designed for economic growth can be weaponized for financial crimes.
👤 Institutional Distrust: The node destroys public trust in the state bodies responsible for controlling economic zones.
🕳️ Globalization of Deceit: The exploitation of international trade liberalization to facilitate the global shadow economy.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 27.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
